Hamid Karzai

American military officials here acknowledged Saturday that U.S. airstrikes in embattled Kunduz Province on Thursday had "likely resulted in civilian casualties" when Afghan and U.S. forces, searching for a reported meeting of Taliban leaders in a village, faced "significant enemy fire" and called for air support.

The American officials did not provide numbers or details of the casualties, but Afghan officials and witnesses have said that 30 civilians, including numerous women and children, were killed and about 25 others wounded when their homes in Bozi Kandahari village were bombed as the families slept. Two U.S. service members and three Afghan Special...

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